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Grypus equiseti (F., 1775) (Horsetail Weevil)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Grypus equiseti Imago 24 June 1998 Berks England 5
Grypus equiseti Imago 16 August 1997 Glam Wales 1

Suggested Literature

Grypus equiseti may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
CURCULIONOIDEA
(weevils and allied beetles)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Grypus equiseti is associated with:

Photos larva Equisetum - horsetails (Equisetaceae) larva feeds on Bullock, J.A., 1992 [Only E. arvense & palustre, fide Morris]
Photos larva Equisetum arvense - Field Horsetail (Equisetaceae) larva feeds within stem UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Photos larva Equisetum palustre - Marsh Horsetail (Equisetaceae) larva feeds within stem UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992

There may be more taxa associated with Grypus equiseti listed at higher taxonomic level

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

Associated with Grypus equiseti:

Grypus equiseti may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
COLEOPTERA
(beetles)
CURCULIONOIDEA
(weevils and allied beetles)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae

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